The YouTube stars being paid to sell cheating

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: May 1, 2018 at 1:19:02 PM EDT
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] The YouTube stars being paid to sell cheating
>
>
> The YouTube stars being paid to sell cheating
>
> http://www.bbc.com/news/education-43956001
>
>      YouTube stars are being paid to sell academic cheating, a BBC
>    investigation has found.  More than 250 channels are promoting
>    EduBirdie, based in Ukraine, which allows students to buy
>    essays, rather than doing the work themselves.  YouTube said
>    it would help creators understand they cannot promote
>    dishonest behaviour.  Sam Gyimah, Universities Minister for
>    England, says YouTube has a moral responsibility to act.  He
>    said he was shocked by the nature and scale of the videos
>    uncovered by the BBC: "It's clearly wrong because it is
>    enabling and normalising cheating potentially on an industrial
>    scale."  The BBC Trending investigation uncovered more than
>    1,400 videos with a total of more than 700 million views
>    containing EduBirdie adverts selling cheating to students and
>    school pupils.
>
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>
> --Lauren--



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